Booked mediation days, not hopeful enquiries.
Clerk&Counsel generates qualified mediation work for CMC and CEDR-accredited mediators across England and Wales. We market the service, secure agreement from both parties, agree the fee and book the day into your diary.
Mediation is a two-sided sale. However good a mediator you are, no matter can be booked until both parties have agreed to mediate, agreed who the mediator will be, and agreed how the fee will be split. That second sale is where most mediator marketing collapses — a promising enquiry from one solicitor or HR manager quietly dies because nobody chased the other side.
Clerk&Counsel runs end-to-end mediation lead generation for the panel we clerk: search-led marketing to bring the first enquiry in, then a dedicated intake team that speaks to the other party, agrees fees, issues terms and books the date. What lands in your diary is a paid, confirmed mediation day.
Enquiry, agreement and booking — handled for you.
We generate the enquiry
Search-led marketing across civil, commercial, workplace, employment and construction mediation. Location and specialism pages that rank for high-intent terms such as 'civil mediation Manchester' or 'workplace mediation London', not generic ADR traffic.
We get both parties to agree
A mediation only exists when both sides commit. Our team contacts the other party, explains the process, agrees a fee split and confirms a date. By the time the enquiry reaches you it is a booked day, not a hopeful lead.
We handle bookings and fees
Fixed-fee quotes issued to both parties, position statement deadlines managed, payment collected in advance, and the papers landed with you in good time. You focus on the mediation itself.
A booked day, not a name on a form.
Generic lead generation treats an email address as a lead. That is not useful to a mediator. Before an enquiry becomes a live matter in your diary, we have established:
- The dispute type, value and complexity fit your accreditation and experience.
- Both parties have confirmed in writing that they wish to mediate.
- A fee split has been agreed and terms issued to each party.
- Payment has been received in cleared funds ahead of the day.
- Position statements and a core bundle are scheduled to arrive 5 to 7 days out.
That is why our conversion from enquiry to actual mediation day runs materially ahead of listing sites and directory memberships that stop at the first phone number.
A mixed panel of barrister and non-barrister mediators.
CMC and CEDR-accredited mediators
Full-time professional mediators wanting a steady flow of civil and commercial work without running their own marketing operation.
Barrister and solicitor mediators
Practitioners who mediate alongside litigation or advisory work and want to grow the mediation side without diluting their core practice.
Specialist workplace and HR mediators
Non-lawyer mediators handling workplace, grievance, team and manager–employee disputes for employers and HR teams across England and Wales.
Every mediator we take on must hold current CMC registration, CEDR accreditation or an equivalent recognised qualification, with adequate professional indemnity cover and a completed CPD record.
The channels that fill a mediator's diary.
Mediation demand has never been higher. Since Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1416 the courts can compel parties into ADR, and the automatic referral of small claims up to £10,000 to HMCTS mediation from 2024 has pushed a whole tier of civil work into the mediation market. The problem is not demand; it is being found by the right enquirer at the right moment.
Location and specialism SEO
We operate a network of pages ranking for civil, commercial, workplace, employment and construction mediation across the major English cities and circuits. Solicitors, HR managers and litigants in person searching for a mediator in a specific place at a specific value land on the right page and the right short-list.
Solicitor and in-house referral
A large share of civil and commercial mediation work is still referred by instructing solicitors. Our marketing to the litigation and dispute resolution community — combined with a transparent fee list and reliable clerking — makes referral easy, repeatable and defensible under the CPR Part 44 costs regime.
Direct enquiries from employers and HR
Workplace mediation runs on a different clock. HR directors and people managers want a mediator on site within two to three weeks, not two to three months. Our workplace mediation pages target that urgency directly and route the enquiry to mediators who can move.
Pay per click for capacity
When a mediator has a specific window to fill, or is building a new specialism, targeted paid campaigns close the gap while organic rankings mature. Every campaign lands on a purpose- built page, not a generic contact form.
Success-based, not subscription-based.
Mediators pay nothing for a directory listing and nothing per enquiry. Our commission is taken as a share of the mediator fee on booked and completed days, invoiced monthly with a full breakdown. If we do not put work in your diary, you do not pay us.
Fee splits between mediators and Clerk&Counsel are agreed in writing before you join the panel and are the same across all members at the same seniority band. There are no hidden charges for administration, marketing or platform access.
One call to see if it fits.
Tell us your accreditations, specialisms, geographic reach and the type of work you want more of. If it is a fit, we onboard you to the panel within a week and the first enquiries follow shortly after.